Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

Good afternoon CLB 7/8,

This afternoon, I would like you write a summary of the lecture you heard this morning using only your own notes. This is an individual task so do not discuss it with your neighbour(s).  I'll be evaluating how well you're able to accurately paraphrase what you've heard into your own words.  Please refer to the rubric for the specific task instructions.  Your summary is due at the end of today's class.  Please submit your summary with the rubric provided after completing the learner's comments section of the rubric. 

The dean of our faculty would like to collect information about how well the college meets the needs of international students.  Please complete this short survey to help improve programs and services at the college for all international students.

LINC/ELT Survey


Enjoy!

Wednesday, May 6th, 2015

Good afternoon CLB 7/8,

This afternoon, you're going to be working on three tasks. First, I would like you to watch the video on '5 Ways to Listen Better.'  Please take notes and think about how and if you can apply these strategies to your listening.

5 Ways to Listen Better

Second, I would like to record you saying the 'Clear Speaking Test' dialogue in pairs.  Practice with your partner and when you're ready, I'll record. Please give me your paper after you've recorded the dialogue, so I can make notes about your pronunciation.  

Finally, if you have any extra time, you can work on the word stress patterns.

Why is Word Stress Important?

Word Stress Rules

Word Stress Quiz

Enjoy!

Wednesday, April 29th, 2015

Good afternoon CLB 7/8,

This afternoon, you're going to be working on two tasks.  First, I would like you to listen to Part 6 of BBC Academic Listening.  Please follow this link and complete the handout.

BBC Academic Listening Part 6

Once you've complete all of the questions on the handout, you can do some practice with word stress.  Click on the links below for the exercises.

Word Stress 1

Word Stress 2

Word Stress 3

Word Stress 4

Word Stress 5

If you have any time left, you can work on the AWL words from list 2e.

Enjoy!

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015

Good afternoon CLB 7/8,  

You will have the entire period to prepare your presentation for Monday, April 27. You will work in pairs and create 10 minute presentations related to a new invention or a new solution to an existing problem. 

It's not necessary to create PowerPoint slides; however, you may need show us some visuals of your idea/solution. This should be an idea/ solution that you and your partner create together. This is not a research assignment, so I'm expecting to hear your ideas and words. 

Please refer to the assignment rubric for what I'll be evaluating. Also, please don't forget what we learned from Amy Cuddy's TED Talk about presentation skills and body language. (http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are)

Enjoy!

p.s. Here's a new idea that I've been working on. ;)

Wednesday, April 15th, 2015

Good afternoon CLB 7/8,

First, please take a minute to answer these questions related to the documentary from Monday morning.  

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6VDTMLS

This afternoon, you'll have some time to work on your AWL words from list 2c. Don't forget that there will be a test on Monday, April 20th of words from list 2a, 2b, and 2c. Here's the link for the collocation dictionary again.

And here's a second collocation dictionary you can use.

http://oxforddictionary.so8848.com/

http://www.ozdic.com/

This morning, you were practicing reduced affirmative and negative past modal forms. I'd like to give some additional practice with these. Click on the links to listen to the audio files and complete the dialogue between Herman and Zelda.

Unit 24, Part 1: Conversation (p. 78)  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0q-rmJSLKcEbHNxM05XcEQyQTg/view?usp=sharing

Unit 24, Part 1: Comprehension (p. 79)  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0q-rmJSLKcETWtVaVVOeTl0bUU/view?usp=sharing

Unit 24, Part 1: Practice (p. 79)  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0q-rmJSLKcEZ1pXVUpxeGdsUDg/view?usp=sharing

Unit 24, Part 2: Expansion (pp.79-80)  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0q-rmJSLKcEcnA5WGNzcS0yZTQ/view?usp=sharing

Enjoy!

Wednesday, April 8th, 2015

Good afternoon CLB 7/8,    

This afternoon, I would like to give you some time to practice the things we've been working on together in class.  

First, I'd like you do some more practice with fact versus opinion.  Please follow the link to the a Google form where you vote 'fact' or 'opinion' for a series of statements.  After you've all voted, we can look at the results and see if you were correct or not. 

Is that a fact?

Once you've submitted your responses, please follow these links for some additional practice with clauses, specifically noun clauses.  

Noun Clause Quiz

Noun, Adjective, & Adverb Clause Review

Finally, we'll look at the results of the Google Form and see how you did with the fact versus opinion quiz.

If you have any extra time, you can work on the AWL 2b words.
Enjoy!

Wednesday, April 1st, 2015

Good afternoon CLB 7/8,

Hope you enjoyed my little April Fool's joke this morning. ;)

This afternoon, you're going to be working on two tasks.  First, I would like you to listen to Part 4 of BBC Academic Listening.  Please follow this link and complete the handout.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAQs9BxPSdk

Once you've complete all of the questions on the handout, you can practice the AWL words for this week.  I'll give you a handout to work on word families and collocations.  Also, you can try these sentences:

http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/AWL/AWLSublist02-Ex1a.htm

This website can help you to organize and practice vocabulary with electronic flashcards.

http://flippity.net/

Enjoy!